Anger Isn't the Problem
Anger is information. It tells you something matters — a boundary, a value, a need. The work in therapy isn't to make you stop feeling angry. It's to help you recognize the signal earlier, regulate when it activates, and respond in ways you can stand behind.
What We Help With
- Reactive anger that damages relationships
- Anger that masks deeper hurt, shame, or trauma
- Court-mandated anger management
- Anger underneath addiction or chronic stress
- Anger and grief, which often live together
Our Approach
We use CBT and DBT skills to build the in-the-moment regulation tools (long exhales, grounding, walking, naming). We use mindfulness to develop the earlier-noticing capacity that makes regulation possible. And — this matters — we work with the trauma or unprocessed grief that's often sitting underneath chronic anger. Skills alone don't address what's actually feeding the fire.
What Sessions Look Like
The first phase is education and awareness — tracking your anger pattern, identifying triggers and physical signals. The second is skill-building. The third, often the most important, is going underneath: what is your anger protecting? What hasn't been said? When clients work all three layers, real change happens.